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...McPhee's Sept. 4 comment, may I say: In the heart of New York City, by the shining big sea water, . . . Not the poem "Hiawatha" gave the rhythm of that item Yes, I know Longfellow used it, but not so in "Hiawatha" Couched in "Hiawatha's" meter, this is how you'd read that statement Bottles bought they by the trainload, but the kegs they did not order HAROLD POPPE Forest Hills...
...loan made by France to the Imperial Government, repudiated by the Soviet, was due for another airing. Even the Red Army was fairly peaceable last week. For weeks past two Moscow military factories have devoted their energies not to engines of death but to a colossal 25,000-cubic-meter gas bag. The balloon and its aluminum gondola was finished last week, only waiting good weather to attempt a stratosphere flight...
...wonders of the heavens took a taxi in the Square directing the driver to the Harvard Observatory. "Hurry." Evidently the driver thought she was a budding Annie J. Cannon and set off on a thirty-mile drive to the Blue Ridge Observatory at Harvard, Mass. As soon as the meter read over $2.00, the astrophile began to wonder, but the fare was $5.40 from the Square to Bond Street...
...turned professional last year, to bother her-ran off with the loft. spring board diving title, 132.44 points to Dorothy Poynton's 123.64. Less freckled than she was a year ago but just as versatile, Minnow Rawls broke her own world's record in the 300-meter medley championship, barely missed regaining her 220-yd. breast stroke title which went to Margaret Hoffman of Scranton, Pa. Helen Meany, who was the best platform diver in the U. S. from 1921 to 1928, tried to make a comeback. She hurt her wrists, neck and shoulders so badly preparing...
...first day of the meet, Lenore Kight-who lost by a handbreadth to Helene Madison in the Olympic 400 meters -won two events. Using a free-style (crawl) stroke with even more arm-pull than Miss Madison's, she finished the 100-meter final in 1:10.8, with Olive Hatch Voight second by two feet. In the mile she had an easier time and beat Susan Robertson by 30 yd. When Helene Madison retired last year she held 16 out of the 17 of the world's free-style records up to a mile and it looked...